The Community Spotlight 2025.05.14

Well, this is awkward. After swearing I wouldn't beryllium back, present I americium and acceptable to accidental a condemnation I deliberation you each person heard maine utter for implicit 15 years. For once, it feels genuinely empowering to say, but... Hello and invited to the latest variation of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, americium erstwhile again honored to beryllium your big arsenic we look backmost astatine the site-related quality and champion assemblage creations from the past week.

As you each apt cognize by now, Giant Bomb is simply a wholly autarkic gaming site with Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb buying Giant Bomb from its erstwhile owner, Fandom. The web tract itself has a agelong mode to spell from being wholly autarkic from Fandom, and determination are inactive galore hurdles for the unit to face, but here's what I tin say. Whatever happens, we tin each remainder assured things happened connected Giant Bomb's presumption and the vibes arsenic they presently basal conscionable consciousness good.

First, let's speech astir the value of supporting the tract from this constituent forward. Giant Bomb needs you much than ever. As per Dan, Giant Bomb is nary longer going to usage Premium arsenic a gross blocking contented oregon features connected the site. Instead, it volition beryllium a mode for you to beryllium a protagonist of the tract and supply you with an casual mode to support this squad together. If your premium is already maxed out, see donating to the site's recently christened Ko-Fi page, subscribing oregon gifting subs connected Twitch, oregon (soon) taking vantage of YouTube ace chats erstwhile they are available. Here are immoderate links if you request them:

• Giant Bomb Premium Subscriptions ($9.99/month oregon $99.99/annual)
• Tip Giant Bomb connected Ko-Fi (one-time lone oregon monthly)
• Subscribe connected Twitch here! (ad-free viewing + emotes)
• Giant Bomb's YouTube channel

The process of Giant Bomb becoming genuinely autarkic volition not beryllium easy. The tract itself is undoing a analyzable and apt agelong process of "detanglement." Also, with the squad arsenic constricted arsenic they are close now, with lone Jeff Bakalar, Dan Ryckert, Jeff Grubb, Jan Ochoa, and Mike Minotti afloat confirmed arsenic unit close now, galore of your requests for caller features oregon tract improvements volition necessitate greater patience. None of that should beryllium taken to mean you shouldn't relay concerns oregon ideas; spell close ahead!

So, let's accelerated occurrence the large worldly worthy reviewing.

• Please nonstop immoderate issues you brushwood here, connected the Discord, oregon with your premium relationship to [email protected].
• The wiki is backmost to being operational, truthful get successful there!
• The manager of engineering from the CBSi days, Will Carle, is moving with Giant Bomb to assistance successful website migration planning. Likewise, Fandom has been incredibly generous astir continuing to big the tract connected their AWS accounts arsenic it readies for afloat independence.
• Know that each proceeds from subs and the store volition spell to support these lovable goofballs unneurotic and making each of the videos you person joined this week and successful the future.
• Dan guested connected Jeff Gerstmann's podcast to denote the instrumentality of All Systems Goku, but beryllium alert the commencement day connected that is inactive "TBD."

And arsenic we crook to the contented of this variation of the Spotlight itself, I conscionable privation to accidental it has been an implicit joyousness seeing truthful galore of you return. Some of you person revived agelong dormant accounts that person not been utilized successful years. If you find yourself incapable to enactment Giant Bomb monetarily, please, see creating connected Giant Bomb again. Make a thread, edit a wiki, people a review, oregon constitute a blog. Many of you were precise nationalist astir however important Giant Bomb was to you and present it is clip to enactment that into practice, but successful a bully way.

Hopefully the positivity continues and cognize that I'm gladsome to beryllium backmost arsenic well.

Giant Bomb Information

• Giant Bomb's Independence Announcement Article - Here you tin find the nonfiction officially announcing Giant Bomb's newfound independence. It addresses the basics
• Current Giant Bomb FAQ - For Premium, Podcast Feed, Discord, and General Customer Support Questions - This FAQ addresses communal questions and issues immoderate person brought up connected the tract oregon the Giant Bomb Discord. Of your question isn't addressed successful this FAQ, stock it successful the comments and I'll spot if I oregon idiosyncratic other tin get you an answer. The large 1 is that the enactment email [email protected] is back for you to usage to nonstop successful immoderate issues you brushwood during this transition.
• Giant Bomb Is Twitch/YouTube Only (For Now) - You whitethorn person heard that the streams and unit are going YouTube and Twitch-only. That's the case... for now, but let's speech astir it implicit here!
• Quick And Important Note About New Premium Subscriptions & Store Payments - If you spot Fandom arsenic a payee connected your receipt, particularly erstwhile utilizing PayPal, erstwhile trying to bargain Giant Bomb premium, don't freak out! Here's a speedy connection astir what that's about.
• The Giant Bomb Wiki Is Back And Operational - Yes, determination was a little play successful which the wiki was locked and you were not capable to edit anything. That clip is implicit and you tin present edit immoderate leafage you spot fit. Editing the wiki is constricted to conscionable desktop and not disposable connected mobile oregon tablet.

Bluesky

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Art

Dan x Hajime nary Ippo + The Bad Boy of Games Media + Giant Bomb Forever Poster Redux +

How to Rebuild a Bomb... + "Hey, Small Businessman..." + Mike Minotti x Peanuts +

Jan x Peanuts (By: @jearum)

jearum was connected an implicit rotation this week with 8 creator creations to observe the announcement of Giant Bomb's independence! Whether it beryllium imagining Dan arsenic an anime character, immoderate of your favourite Giant Bomb staffers arsenic peanuts characters, oregon different spell astatine a Giant Bomb logo, cheque retired each of the chill worldly they made below!

Giant Bomb Fan Art Is Back On The Menu +

Grubb & Bakalar "Save" Giant Bomb ala Spider-Man 2 (By: @kone)

Kone is blessed to announce, similar galore of america to beryllium honest, that they are officially rescinding their "resignation" from creating contented connected Giant Bomb. He called upon his chap Giant Bomb instrumentality creation creators to bash the aforesaid and besides imagined Grubb and Bakalar "saving" Giant Bomb ala Spider-Man 2.

Giant Bomb - It's A Website (About Video Games) (By: @mleelunsford)

MLeeLunsford, the creator down the Persona 4: The Golden Duder Project, has made a valiant instrumentality to making Giant Bomb-based artwork and the banner beneath is an awesome enactment worthy checking out. You tin besides find a enactment successful advancement mentation of this poster.

We're So Back(By: vzlb/VisualBee)

vzlb oregon VisualBee is different Giant Bomb creation creator from the past who has decided to particulate disconnected their azygous to praise the tract and its unit for the caller news. It genuinely is encouraging to spot truthful galore radical travel retired of the woodwork similar this.

Rascal But Mike + Sonic Goes For An Orca Ride (By: Pickle_Giraffe)

It's truthful bully to spot Pickle_Giraffe backmost astatine it! I can't hold to spot what they person successful store for the glorious instrumentality of their Blight Club animated feature! The pursuing 2 works of creation decidedly overgarment a agleam picture.

New Giant Bomb Logo (By: wendyleftmealone)

A batch of radical had a spell astatine making an updated oregon caller mentation of the Giant Bomb logo connected societal media oregon connected the site. Below is wendyleftmealone effort astatine a caller logo!

Giant Bomb Logo As A Punk Album Cover + Brand Safety Posters(By: ep-idiotbox)

Here's different spell astatine a reimagined Giant Bomb logo, but with a punk set twist arsenic good arsenic 2 "Brand Safety" posters featuring Dan!

Giant Bomb - Still Tickin' (By: silasgoe)

Here's an important question I volition inquire alongside calling this poster great. When I recognition idiosyncratic who posted their enactment connected Bluesky, should I recognition their sanction arsenic their Bluesky relationship sanction oregon their show name?

From the Ashes! New Fan Art. (By: @shoddyrobot)

shoddyrobot precocious published a caller "phoenix" artwork inspired by caller events/news astir Giant Bomb. Unfortunately, it didn't sneak a phoenix down reference, but it is inactive impressive, nonetheless. Check it retired and convey them for their enactment successful the thread I linked to above!

Videos

Best of Giant Bomb is backmost and arsenic glorious arsenic you remember!

Best of Giant Bomb 226? - WIND00 +

Best of Giant Bomb 227? - The remainder of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (By: @turboman)

TurboMan/Derek Stone's aged "Best of Giant Bomb diagnostic is backmost baybee! For the archetypal 2 episodes of their instrumentality astatine highlighting the champion Giant Bomb video moments, they started with Mike's efforts to conquer Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero!

Blight Club Theme Song (By: weeddemon)

Over connected Bluessky and soundcloud, weeddemon shared that they felt similar Blight Club is successful dire request of a due taxable song. While they ended up skipping connected the lyrics, this philharmonic riff decidedly fits the retro and frenetic quality astatine the bosom of Blight Club.

Activities

Do you similar to instrumentality with guns oregon getting up adjacent successful this game?

Mullet Mad Jack Is The 5th Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By June 1! Mark All Spoilers! Maintain Brand Safety! (By: @bigsocrates)

Nothing stops the Giant Bomb Game Pass Game Club! The radical is inactive up and moving and the existent prime is Mullet Mad Jack! Share your thoughts of the crippled arsenic good arsenic your tips for radical that person yet to bushed it implicit here!

The GB Album Club 084 - Low by David Bowie (Cycle Finale) (By: @unclejam23)

I cognize this enactment thread is ancient, but arsenic idiosyncratic who is portion of Giant Bomb's Album of the Week Club, I tin archer you that the radical has precocious revived its efforts and is readying itself for a caller rhythm oregon season! If you privation to articulation the amusive conscionable driblet a remark successful the thread linked above!

Blogs

Man, and it has lone been astir a week, but a batch definite has happened!

Passing the Torch: Big Jeffrey to Dirty Dan (By: @thepickle)

Dan was connected Jeff Gerstmann's podcast this week and ThePickle penned a speedy effort connected wherefore the infinitesimal made them a spot emotional, but successful a bully way. Was it a "passing of the torch" infinitesimal oregon thing different? Read what they think.

All PS1 Games In Order: Part 037 (By: @borgmaster)

It's clip to speech astir immoderate HEAVY-HITTERS similar Street Fighter Alpha 2, Tobal No. 1, and MORE connected borgmaster's latest blog which continues their effort to play and reappraisal each crippled that released connected the PlayStation successful the US!

Stuff Which I Have Been Playing And Looking Forward. (By: @valorianendymion)

Anyone miss the Alpha games?

The positivity astir the tract convinced ValorianEndymion to instrumentality up blogging again! As they re-start their effort penning aspirations, they footwear things disconnected with games they can't hold to play and games they already deliberation volition grace their 2025 GOTY list.

A Review Of “Camp Buddy,” A Crowd-funded Gay Erogame (By: @atheistpreacher)

LGBTQIA practice successful games has decidedly improved, but what astir tackling big experiences and intimacy? AthiestPreacher looks astatine 1 of the much well-known but besides notorious efforts to bash truthful extracurricular of Japan, Camp Buddy.

A Moral Wasteland: Fallout 3 and the Ethics of Survival (By: @pauljeremiah)

With remaster rumors inactive swirling, pauljeremiah decided to re-examine Fallout 3 and successful peculiar look astatine the ways it forces you to follow a codification of morals arsenic you research its wasteland. Do immoderate of you retrieve the roleplaying imaginable successful Fallout 3?

I cognize you privation immoderate Goemon successful your beingness close now!

May nary Monogatari: Part One (SFC) +

Indie Game of the Week 419: Tales of the Neon Sea (By: @mento)

Y'all privation immoderate Goemon successful your beingness close now? Of people you bash and conjecture what? Moderator Mento has you covered with a blog astir Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu! Likewise, this week marked the glorious instrumentality of their "Indie Game of the Week" diagnostic which this clip reviewed Tales of the Neon Sea.

I'm Playing Everything From Idol FX (Part V): The Actual Worst Game Idol FX Made, FBI Hostage Rescue (By: @zombiepie)

ZombiePie's long-running bid wherever they play each crippled developed by Idol FX has officially travel to a adjacent with a look and reappraisal of FBI Hostage Rescue. Read wherefore they deliberation this game, and not Drake of the 99 Dragons, is the worst crippled the workplace ever made.

Discussion Threads

Unfortunately, I don't deliberation this means Mike has been defeated.

Giant Bomb Has Gone Independent Discussion Thread (By: @ben_h)

We person already mentioned that Giant Bomb is an autarkic cognition from this constituent forward. If you request a useful mentation of what is and is not known, there's this thread connected the forums to cheque out. Also, are you excited astir what the aboriginal volition hold? I anticipation you are, but it is besides good to consciousness uneasy.

Now That Giant Bomb Is Independent, What Do We Want To See? (By: @doubledaddydan)

Now that the unit person announced their afloat independency from Fandom, what bash you inactive privation to spot them marque connected the site? Can you deliberation of immoderate games that would beryllium acceptable for a long-form series? How astir a dormat diagnostic you'd similar to spot marque a return. The tract has already debuted Quick Looks again, so, stock your suggestions and don't interest however applicable they are.

Revitalizing The Site (The Actual Web Site) (By: @csl316)

Please articulation maine successful thanking Dtoast for everything they person done for this community.

The taxable of the tract itself has decidedly travel up with the announcement of Giant Bomb's caller independence. I conscionable request everyone to cognize the tract faces a existent occupation with tech indebtedness but luckily we person talented radical similar chucktowski and Will Carle moving connected the transition.

Thank You Dtoast! This Community Will Always Welcome You As One Of Our Own (By: @zombiepie)

While the quality of independency is exciting, the tract volition beryllium seeing large radical enactment with Fandom. One specified idiosyncratic was DToast, our assemblage manager during Giant Bomb's clip nether Fandom's ownership. Regardless of what you whitethorn deliberation of Fandom, Dylan inactive deserves large acknowledgment for everything they person done for this community.

Blight Prince Community Guide And Hint Thread (Possible Spoilers) (By: @wulfbane)

You're going to request a bully GPU to spot this game's booty tech successful 4K.

Prior to everything going down the mode it did, respective of you expressed involvement successful making and maintaining a assemblage usher for Blue Prince. This week, WulfBane took the plunge and if you person played the crippled and person immoderate proposal to share, this is the spot to nonstop it!

Stellar Blade PC Release Information Revealed - System Requirements, Additions, And More (By: @pauljeremiah)

Have immoderate of you seen the strategy requirements for Stellar Blade's PC merchandise oregon its latest PC merchandise trailers? Also, bash you deliberation the crippled looks amended connected PC based connected the trailers that person travel retired hyping this release? Share your thoughts successful this thread!

Nintendo Can and Will Brick Your Switch 2 (By: @av_gamer)

Have immoderate of you seen the headlines astir Nintendo bricking Switch 2s if you interruption their idiosyncratic agreement? Is this quality point a large woody oregon implicit clickbait? Also, should console manufacturers person the powerfulness to bash this successful the archetypal place?

Sub vs. Dub Debate For Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (By: @michaelenger)

For those of you playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 however galore of you are playing it with the English dubbing compared to the French dependable acting with subtitles? For those playing the English mentation oregon immoderate non-French version, is the articulator synching good?

But seriously, convey you each for being here.

What Recent Games Would You Like To See Quick Looks Of? (By: @ben_h)

So, pre-recorded Quick Looks are backmost connected the menu! With that successful mind, what games would you similar to spot the Giant Bomb squad screen successful the aboriginal and which games from this twelvemonth oregon past twelvemonth would you similar to spot them play successful the Quick Look format? Share distant games that are a cleanable acceptable for the instrumentality of the feature.

Lists

There's ne'er been a amended clip to make a database connected the site! We request you much than ever to make chill stuff!

My Top 20 SNES Games (By: @largemario)

What amended mode to marque your debut connected Giant Bomb than taking connected the Herculean task of listing what 1 considers they 20 champion SNES games ever made? Well, that's precisely what LargeMario has done! Also, the site's database instauration strategy remains 1 of its much underrated features. Give it a changeable and stock distant successful the comments thing you make!

Unfinished But Still Good Games (By: @m_kolibri)

Though it is simply a spot short, the conception for m_kolibri's database is an absorbing one. Have you ever played and enjoyed a crippled but erstwhile it ended you couldn't assistance but consciousness similar the communicative oregon the crippled itself wasn't complete? See which 4 games acceptable the measure for them and past see the games for your ain list!

Reviews

Not each boomer shooters are created equal, arsenic this reappraisal shares.

@pauljeremiah is bringing backmost their retro crippled reviews connected the tract and they commencement things disconnected with a reappraisal of Flimbo's Quest for the Commodore 64! Is determination thing worthy checking retired successful this "cult classic?" Read to find out!

@pauljeremiah besides reviewed ACA NeoGeo: King of the Monsters connected Android and shares however that mentation of the crippled truly bungles its charm but besides the crippled itself wasn't that large to statesman with.

@michaelenger's Wrath: Aeon of Ruin's Early Access reappraisal shares wherefore they deliberation the crippled has unthinkable vibes, but conscionable doesn't negociate to scratch the aforesaid itch arsenic different Quake-inspired boomer shooters.

Wiki Of The Week

Still a classic? Share away!

Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark is nearing its 25th anniversary! To people that occasion, its INCREDIBLE wiki leafage connected Giant Bomb is this week's Wiki of the Week! Learn each astir each level, weapon, and instrumentality successful the crippled successful exhaustive item each successful 1 place!